Which winter/end of year holiday(s) do you celebrate? / AKP Winter Wonderland

Quote from ChoIzanami

Christmas and there's also a day called "Nikolaus".

It's not really a holiday, but in the evening of December 6th, most cities and villages have a small meet up at a community place like the community center, where a person dressed as St. Nikolaus gives out bags with sweets to children.

St. Nikolaus of Myra was a bishop, that allegedly brought about a few miracles in his lifetime, like saving a ship from a snowstorm and cohercing a rich trader to share his corn with the starving people.

There's also St. Martins day on November 11th, where lantern parades walk throught settlements to a big fire. There's a special treat, a bake shaped like a man with a pipe, that is traditionally eaten to honor St. Martin, Martin of Tours, also a bishop, known for slicing his own warm cloak in half to safe a poor man from freezing. Usually small children handcraft their lanterns in kindergarten, while older teenagers and adults carry torches, that they toss into the Martins fire when reaching it.

Ooo this is neat. Thanks for sharing!